The Barents region
Subtitle: cooperation in Arctic Europe
By: edited by Olav Schram Stokke and Ola Tunander.
Contributors: Stokke, Olav Schram, 1961-; Tunander, Ola, 1948-; Fridtjof Nansen-stiftelsen på Polhøgda.; International Peace Research Institute.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Barents Sea Region -- Economic integration.; Europe, Northern -- Economic integration.; Russia (Federation) -- Relations -- Scandinavia.; Scandinavia -- Relations -- Russia (Federation)
Description: Post-Cold War Europe has seen various regional initiatives launched along the former East-West divide. Ties and trade routes pre-dating 1914 are being taken up once again. Somewhat surprisingly, as this book reveals, the Barents Region in the Scandinavian and Russian Arctic is emerging as one of the most dynamic and versatile East-West initiatives in Europe.

Its unique, two-pillared institutional structure ensures that state as well as local authorities are drawn into deliberations, as are representatives from the European Commission and the regional Saami organisation.

The Barents Region surveys regional cooperation in Arctic Europe. With contributions from leading Scandinavian and Russian scholars on Northern affairs, this volume examines the Barents Region as a political initiative, its historical and institutional architecture and its contributions to economic and environmental management in the North. Particular attention is paid to the impact of the Barents Region on security in Arctic Europe and its relationship to the wider process of European integration.
Notes: "The Fridtjof Nansen Institute; PRIO, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo."